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1. Harley MS 18-19

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 18-19
Title:
Transcripts and extracts from the Parliament Rolls from the time of Richard III and Henry VII
Scope & Content:
Transcripts and extracts from the Parliament Rolls from the time of Richard III and Henry VII in the Chapel of the Rolls in Chancery Lane London, compiled by Simonds d'Ewes. Transcripts not in D’Ewes’s hand, but he has added running titles and original folio numbers and devised the title pages in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
2 volumes

2. Harley MS 73-75

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 73-75
Title:
‘The Journals of all the Parliaments during the raigne of Queene Elizabeth, both of the Upper Howse & Howse of Commons in three volumes, A.D. 1630’
Scope & Content:
Journals of Parliaments during the reign of Elizabeth I, for the years 1558-1601, compiled from original sources by Sir Simonds D’Ewes. Volume 1 includes an introduction and tables.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1630
Extent:
3 volumes

3. Harley MS 118-121

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 118-121
Title:
School exercise books of Simonds D’Ewes
Scope & Content:
Four manuscript exercise books of Sir Simonds D’Ewes as a child, now bound together. Chiefly Latin exercises and translations from Latin authors into English.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1615-1618
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 162-166

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 162-166
Title:
Journal of the House of Commons by Sir Simonds D’Ewes, with various parliamentary papers
Scope & Content:
Five folio manuscript volumes containing a journal of the House of Commons which was collected and gathered, for the most part, by Sir Simonds D’Ewes, along with some parliamentary papers.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1640-1648
Extent:
5 volumes

5. Harley MS 385-386 and 388

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 385-386 and 388
Title:
Correspondence of Simonds D’Ewes on domestic and private business
Scope & Content:
Letters on domestic and private business, chiefly to Simonds D’Ewes, arranged alphabetically by writer, in three volumes. Includes some letters from an earlier period.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1565-1650
Extent:
3 volumes

6. Harley MS 389-390

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 389-390
Title:
Newsletters on public matters from Joseph Mede of Christ’s College, Cambridge, to Sir Martin Stuteville, Dalham
Scope & Content:
Two volumes of letters on public matters at home and abroad sent by Cambridge scholar Joseph Mede (or Mead) to his friend Sir Martin Stuteville, Dalham. Vol. 1: December 1620-December 1625. Vol. 2: 12 January 1625/6-20 May 1631.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1620-1631
Extent:
2 volumes

7. Harley MS 476-480

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 476-480
Title:
Journal of the proceedings of the House of Commons, by John More esq
Scope & Content:
This series of five manuscript volumes consists of volumes 2-6 of John More's Commons Journal. The original foliation of these manuscripts is sequential throughout the volumes, starting at folio 266 in Harley MS 476, and ending with folio 1124 in Harley MS 480. The location of volume 1 is unkno...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1641-1642
Extent:
5 volumes

8. Harley MS 756-760, 410-411

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 756-760, 410-411
Title:
Thomas Cole’s collections from the Court of Wards and Liveries
Scope & Content:
Abstracts of inquisitions from the records of the Court of Wards and Liveries, compiled by Thomas Cole; with indexes of families and places.. Some volumes bear Cole’s armorial ink stamp, with the motto ‘Cole Deum’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
7 volumes

9. Harley MS 793-805

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 793-805
Title:
History and antiquities of Yorkshire
Scope & Content:
Yorkshire notes extracted from the collections of Roger Dodsworth (1585-1654), which are now in the Bodleian Library. The extracted notes are in English, including those originally transcribed by Dodsworth in other languages, and the contents are arranged by place. Mostly in the hands of two writ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
13 volumes

10. Harley MS 1122-1124

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1122-1124
Title:
'Practical Perspective', Volumes I-III
Scope & Content:
Three folio manuscript volumes, all in the same hand, containing a translation of the French work 'La Perspective Pratique', written by 'un Religieux de la Compagnie de Jesus', a religious person of the Society of Jesus, identified as Jean Dubreuil, published in Paris between 1647-1651. The fir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
3 volumes